December 2023
Maritime traffic through the Suez Canal has been thrown into chaos following a number of attacks on container vessels and other ships, with leading operators saying that they were halting operations though the region, which leads to the Suez Canal.
Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched land-based missile attacks on ships and had earlier hijacked a car carrying vessel which remains in Yemen. The pro-Palestinian rebels say that they are targeting ...
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The first pilots of the Gateway²Britain trade facilitation platform will take place in early 2024, the Flanders government has announced.
The scheme, first revealed in June 2023, aims to make trade between Belgium and the UK as frictionless as possible by gathering up all documents involved in international trade – invoices, ...
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Innovate Talent - the recruitment division of freight and logistics IT consultancy Innovate Freight - has appointed Kate Edmonds as a Talent Resourcer to help place candidates into permanent roles in the sector. She brings two years of experience within recruitment and logistics and chose to stay in the sector ...
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John Good Logistics has acquired 100% of European road freight operator Inter-Ways.
Inter-Ways is a family-owned freight forwarding business which focuses primarily on road freight to Eastern and Northern Europe as well as air freight and sea freight. Inter-Ways will continue to trade under its own brand for the foreseeable future ...
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Stena Line and CLdN’s Seatruck Ferries are to launch additional freight services between Dublin and Birkenhead (Liverpool) from 2024.
Stena’s new service will start in mid-February 2024 and will initially operate with one ship departing Dublin early in the morning and making the return journey from Birkenhead in the evening.
The new ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss’ Peak Evolution Team has driven a truck powered exclusively by solar energy up the Ojos del Salado volcano in Chile, setting a new world altitude record for e-vehicles at 6,500 meters above sea level.
Gebrüder Weiss moved the vehicle by seafreight to South America as well as ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has signed an agreement with Aerovision Technology Limited (ATL) to install its intelligent cargo thermal detection system at Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1, the first use of the technology at an airfreight facility.
It combines advanced thermal imaging technology, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, data analytics, and artificial ...
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Endangered animals including elephants, rhinos and pangolins, as well as protected timber, particularly tropical hardwoods, have been seized in a joint World Customs Organization (WCO) - INTERPOL operation.
Between 2 and 27 October, customs and police officers coordinated 500 arrests worldwide and more than 2,000 confiscations of goods protected under the ...
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Virgin Atlantic will operate a seventh daily frequency on its Heathrow-New York JFK route and a second daily flight to Boston Logan International in its summer 2024 schedule. Both services will be operated by Airbus A330-900neo and A350-1000 aircraft.
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The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) have appointed two new Cargo Agency Commissioners.
Marco Alvarenga is commissioner for Area 1 & 2, encompassing Western Hemisphere (excluding the US), Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He has held several leadership positions in IATA over ...
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